Pros
Low stress environment--very atypical for GE. Talented GMs capable of playing the political game both up and down the organization. Decent pay. Environment very receptive to work-life balance. Lots of opportunity for international travel, conferences, interesting professional conferences/symposia. Incredibly supportive lower-level managerial teams--They won't step on you to get to the top--True team environment. They appear to take care of their own.
Cons
Houston leadership a disappointment. Avoids difficult discussions and decisions by pushing to lower levels of org to resolve. No trust in sales organization (relationships, capability, etc.), unnecessary internal reviews. Weak HR team. Promotions still largely percieved as popularity contests, or a game of demographic measurements. Fewer employees now eligible for broad-based incentives (stock grants) by virtue of newly implemented annual asessment tool. When mid-level managers leave, the business forces accountability to the balance of the team, with no comittment or pretense of promoting from within the group...big disappointment. Pay frozen since 2008, benefits now costing employess (avg) $1200 more per year for health insurance, Lack of recognition [public or private] for doing more than the minimum. Manufacturing facilities/offices should be upgraded or condemed.